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Saudi Arabia accused of STARVING people in Yemen war by using BRUTAL hunger tactics

11/15/2018, 3:38:46 AM
SAUDI ARABIA has been accused of using hunger as a weapon in order to defeat the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as the battle for the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah comes to a temporary pause. ✔ If it is destroyed during the assault, then it puts nearly 14million people at risk of dying from starvation ✔ WFP has said they will double their aid in Yemen (Image: GETTY) In 2017 around 50,000 children died of malnutrition in Yemen ✔ It’s not true that there is a ceasefire in Hodeidah



World War 3: US could LOSE a future war with Russia or China - SHOCK warning to Washington

11/15/2018, 2:22:58 AM
THE US could lose a potential future war with Russia, China or other countries due to a loss in military advantage according to a new report delivered to the US Congress. ✔ The US military could lose its next conflict (Image: GETTY) The US military no longer has military superiority (Image: GETTY) The report said: Around the world, the proliferation of advanced technology is allowing more actors to contest US military power in more threatening ways



Congo Is Too Risky for U.S. Ebola Experts

11/15/2018, 12:24:21 AM
Trump administration officials pulled U.S. medical workers from DRC’s east to safer cities in the wake of several outbursts of violence. ✔ Health-care workers struggle to convince the local population to abandon traditional burial practices to prevent further infection ✔ The strategy has been to administer vaccinations to people in contact with Ebola patients and to the contacts of those people ✔ Appeared in the November 15, 2018, print edition as 'Congo Is Too Risky for U.S. Medical Help.'



War hawks mourn ‘underfunded’ US military that could ‘lose next war’ against Russia or China

11/15/2018, 3:17:36 AM
Although Washington spends more on its military than the next ten countries combined, a bipartisan commission now warns that the Pentagon needs even more money if the US is to maintain hegemony against threats by Russia and China. ✔ Manpower woes Indeed, the US military will need more troops if it is to do all the things the report’s authors want, from beefing up forces in Europe and Asia to continuing to garrison Afghanistan and the Middle East ✔ For all the scaremongering about Russia and China, Beijing’s military budget is a quarter of the current US one, while Moscow is spending less than one-tenth of it; yet, somehow, according to the commission, they are getting far more value for that money than American taxpayers



Series of War Zone Attacks Puts DRC Ebola Outbreak On 'Edge of Crisis'

11/15/2018, 2:54:11 AM
It's now the third largest outbreak ever of the deadly hemorrhagic fever, with 219 deaths. ✔ ASSOCIATED PRESSHealth workers walk with a boy suspected of having the Ebola virus at a treatment center in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sept ✔ Just look at the pattern of ADF hits and our inability to stop it, he argued, referring to one of the two rebel groups responsible for the vast majority of the violence



Southeast Asian free trade deal pushed back to 2019

11/15/2018, 3:02:11 AM
SINGAPORE--Leaders of Southeast Asian nations have again pushed back an agreement on a pan-Asian fre ✔ China is pitted against its smaller neighbors in multiple disputes in the sea over coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves ✔ That may be relevant in ancient times, but in modern days, we don't do that kind of thing



U.S. carriers join up in East Asia for 'complex' warfare drills

11/15/2018, 12:24:24 AM
Two U.S. aircraft carriers with around 150 fighter jets are conducting "com... ✔ The USS Reagan also took part in the biggest war games ever staged in and around Japan this month, involving dozens of U.S. and Japanese ships, hundreds of aircraft and thousands of military personnel ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Eritrea says lifting of sanctions 'is not enough'

11/15/2018, 2:00:43 AM
Listing the negative effects of the sanctions on the people of Eritrea, as ranging from 'senseless border disputes', 'isolation campaigns' and 'economic strangulation' among others, Eritrea said the U ✔ Eritrea’s information ministry says the government will not ‘abandon efforts for truth and justice’, even though the United Nations has lifted sanctions it has long called ‘unjust and illegal’ ✔ The United States State Department’s assistant secretary for Africa, in September listed the issues his government had with Eritrea, that prevented its backing for lifting of sanctions



Soldier buys a pint for each of his fallen comrades in moving tribute

11/15/2018, 1:30:40 AM
A MOVING photo showing a round of pints placed on a table on Remembrance Sunday has touched the hearts of thousands online. A loyal solider is said to have bought drinks for eight of his fallen com… ✔ Another wrote: The word Hero is thrown about a lot these days, (in my opinion) the fallen from all conflicts, the emergency services and Heroes who put their own lives on the line to save others ✔ The Great War claimed the lives of five million soldiers from 30 countries including at least 750,000 Brits



North Korean delegation visits South to attend history forum

11/15/2018, 3:02:09 AM
SEOUL--A five-member North Korean delegation came to South Korea on Wednesday to attend an academic ✔ The meeting will discuss Japan's forced mobilization of laborers in the region during World War II and how to boost exchanges now among Asia-Pacific countries ✔ The forum is organized by Gyeonggi province, which surrounds Seoul, and a South Korean civic organization ✔ U.S.-North Korea talks have reported little recent progress as skepticism has grown over whether the North is truly committed to disarmament



Pence: ‘Empire and aggression’ have no place in Indo-Pacific

11/15/2018, 3:27:33 AM
SINGAPORE--U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told leaders of Southeast Asian nations on Thursday that t ✔ We all agree that empire and aggression have no place in the Indo-Pacific ✔ He said Washington had taken action to promote this vision, including steps to spur private investment in infrastructure and a pursuit of trade that is free, fair, and reciprocal



Trump, stung by midterms, retreats into cocoon of bitterness and resentment

11/15/2018, 1:11:48 AM
Trump did not show up at WW I events nor lay a wreath at Arlington cemetery on Veterans Day, has cancelled trips and sent officials to other events in his place. ✔ Bush, said the moment, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of a war in which 120,000 Americans were killed, was ripe for soaring words, which Trump failed to provide ✔ Los Angeles Times Trump diplomacy Donald Trump US Midterm Elections Analysis USA Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation



National Book Awards: Sigrid Nunez wins major prize as Isabel Allende is honoured

11/15/2018, 3:56:25 AM
Allende received a lifetime achievement award at a ceremony that celebrated diversity, truth and literature as healing forces in a dark time ✔ You set a high bar for us, for those who wondered if anyone would ever read their words, he said ✔ Anderson and Eugene Yelchin The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka Translated literature Winner: The Emissary by Yoko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated by Tina Kover Love by Hanne Ørstavik, translated by Martin Aitken Trick by Domenico Starnone, translated by Jhumpa Lahiri Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft



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